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Silverio Cañada Memorial Prize (Shortlist)

"Queer writing at its most exhilarating." —The Times Literary Supplement

"Cámara’s breakout tale is mind-blowingly good." —Publishers Weekly, starred review

"A revelation for contemporary literature."" —Andrés Neuman , author of TRAVELLER OF THE CENTURY and TALKING TO OURSELVES

Globetrotting: Your sneak preview of books in translation —New York Times

"Cámara has a powerful voice, one to be taken seriously." —Library Journal

"Cabezón Cámara’s exuberant range of styles truly shines." —Asymptote

"Book of the Year 2009." —Rolling Stone (Argentina)

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Praise for Gabriela Cabezón Cámara

International Booker Prize (Shortlist)

"A thrilling and mystical miniature epic."** —The Guardian**"[The Adventures of China Iron] reminds us, in Cabezón Cámara’s entrancing poetry, how magical and frankly unpleasant it is to live through history."** —New York Times**"[The Adventures of China Iron] compels readers to examine critically not only the biases of the myths we celebrate, but also how they seep into our contemporary understandings of nationhood."** —LA Review of Books**"Brilliantly translated by Fiona Mackintosh and Iona Macintyre, this is a heartfelt, dreamlike paean to Argentina’s past and what might have been had the pampas been left alone."** —The Times Literary Supplement**"Cabezón Cámara’s exciting LGBTQ look at pioneers of the pampas makes for a rewarding and subversive treat."** —Publishers Weekly**"Shaking loose new possibilities for how we might reshape the present precisely by unsettling something seemingly so settled as the past."** —Music & Literature**"Daring."** —The Financial Times**"A daring, playful story."** —New Statesman**"A wonderful reading experience, filled with light, joy, discovery, friendship, and love."** —The Massachusetts Review**"An unexpected ride that delivers on all accounts."** —DIVA Magazine**"By disrupting pedagogical nationalist representations, Cámara’s story enables all those places in the margins to re-signify constructs of the Argentine people."** —WasafiriBest books published in Latin America 2017. —New York Times (Español)"A transformative adventure, wholly romantic and sublime, at times even supernatural in its message of discovery." —Books and Bao**"A thrilling book that has a little of everything that I look for in a novel."** —SubText**"10 Best Translated Books 2019"** —Books and BaoGlobetrotting: Your sneak preview of books in translation —New York Times**"It’s moving and intelligent and funny and all of it is fun (so much fun)."** —Mark Haber, Brazos Bookstore**"Best books dealing with feminism, sisterhood and queerness"** —Pagina/12**"With a touch of whimsy, ‘The Adventures of China Iron’ rewrites a historical narrative and renders spaces inclusive."** —Daily Star**"Best Books of 2017"** —Los inRockuptibles**"20 Best Latin American books 2017"** —El País**